# Gymnosophists

> ancient Indian vegetarian ascetics, mentioned in ancient Greek literature, who pursued asceticism to the point of regarding food and clothing as detrimental to purity of thought

**Wikidata**: [Q1558437](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1558437)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosophists)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gymnosophists


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. GF WordNet